Songpyong Line

Sŏngp'yŏng Line
Overview
Native name	성평선(城坪線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Tomun Railway (1924–1929) Chosen Government Railway (1929–1934) South Manchuria Railway (1934–1940) Chosen Government Railway (1940–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North Hamgyŏng
Termini	Kangalli Sŏngp'yŏng
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail Regional rail
History
Opened	1924
Closed	?
Technical
Line length	11.5 km (7.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Hambuk Line Sŏngp'yŏng Line Tumen River 0.0 Kangalli Kyudong (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) Namju-dong (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) 11.5 Sŏngp'yŏng former mine

The Sŏngp'yŏng Line was a non-electrified 11.5 km (7.1 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Kangalli on the Hambuk Line with Sŏngp'yŏng.^[1]

History

The line was originally opened by the privately owned Tomun Railway as a branch of its Hoeryŏng−Tonggwanjin mainline,^[2] subsequently becoming part of the Chosen Government Railway after the nationalisation of the Tomun Railway in 1929.^[3] The line was dismantled sometime after the mid 1980s, but the exact date of closure is unknown.

Services

Until the 1980s, coal was shipped from mines on this line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin, with the order of collection from each line arranged in the order of the total weight of the outbound cars.^[4]

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

References

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This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 10:11